even like our waiter in the dining room, we were supposed to

be at during the fun part of the cruise, we found him during the day. so they were always there, helpful, and they answered what questions they could. i know some people got frustrated they couldn't give information, but it wasn't that they were withholding it, they just didn't know. >> i don't know if you had a chance to see some of the coverage, but there were helicopters hovering over your ship as it was coming into port. looking at all of the banners hanging over the balcony, saying help us. some were funny and some were serious. did you have any idea how many people were watching as you were coming to the end of this ordeal? >> as we got service, we started they thanked us for being that way because it was making them not feel the stress of the situation.

>> speaking of what you said before, being contaminated, with the conditions the way they were, people were speculating that passengers would just leave all of their baggage and all of their belongings back on the ship, but it looks like you escaped with your diva hats and even the rhinestone diva t-shirts. you must have felt that at least you were okay in that regard and your belongings made it through this ordeal. >> i mean, like i said, we didn't have any problems in our room. the only bad thing was that the bathroom wasn't working. you know, but other than that, we didn't experience any other kind of problems. you must have felt that at least you were okay in that regard and your belongings made it through this ordeal. >> i mean, like i said, we didn't have any problems in our room. the only bad thing was that the bathroom wasn't working. you know, but other than that, we didn't experience any other kind of problems. we didn't have no leakage. we didn't have no water, you know. on the floor or anything. so everything for us was okay in our room. and i'm pretty sure in most of our floor, of course, you know, we had to sleep upstairs, so we really didn't get to spend much time on our floor. >> hey, janie, janie, the crew has been lauded by so many of your fellow passengers as just being terrific.

and i heard a little rumor that they threw a mardi gras party for all of you, even after the emergency was under way. what was that like? >> you know what, that was very interesting. jen, the cruise director, always tried to keep things going, alive, trying to keep up everyone's spirits.

so when they announced the mardi gras party they were having on deck, we had the perfect view. we were actually on the deejay stand there, so we had a whole view of the whole deck. and everybody was enjoying it. >> hey, ladies, i know this was your 2013 first annual divas cruise. will there be a second annual divas cruise? >> i think there will be. maybe not anytime soon, but once we kind of process all of this and the main thing that we kind of brought out of it is that, you know, staying positive and having each other is, you know, was what kept us going. and it really did create that bond that we were looking -- we achieved the purpose of our trip. and most of all is our faith. we are all women of faith, and i think that was the main thing that kept us, you know, going. is that faith that we knew that somebody higher was taking care of us. >> thank you, divas. glad to see you back on dry land, and good luck wherever you choose to have your next divas celebration. you all deserve it. next, from triumph to

tragedy for oscar pistorius. the now tragic story of the

blade runner and his candid

interview with piers coming up. a.

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welcome back to this special "piers morgan tonight." i'm ashleigh banfield in for piers. while the triumph cruise ship inched back to shore, another story just as riveting makes news around the world. it is that of oscar pistorius, the paralympic star accused in the valentine's day murder of his girlfriend. pistorius sat down with piers last year for a candid and surprising one-on-one interview. we're going to bring it to you in just a moment. first, the case against a man

who became known as the blade runner. oscar pistorius stands in the packed courtroom openly weeping as he faces the shocking charge. a national hero in south africa, the olympic athlete known as the blade runner is accused of murdering his girlfriend on valentine's day. prosecutors call it a case of premeditated murder. the allegations are chilling. authorities say pistorius shot to death model reeva steenkamp inside his estate. her last tweet on the 13th of february said, what do you have up your sleeve for your love tomorrow? police say steenkamp was shot four times. the killing took place behind the walls of this gated

community in pretoria, south africa. inside pistorius' home. oscar pistorius, a double amputee, invited cnn's robyn curnow into the house a few years ago and showed her his prosthetic legs. >> i was missing the fibula, which was the back bone in your leg. >> later, pictures of him as a child, always adventurous, daring. these show him water skiing, scuba diving, and quad driving with prosthetics. it was somewhere in this home that pistorius allegedly fired a pistol, killing steenkamp. bullets hit her in her head and arm. her family is grief stricken. >> sheer loved people. she loved everybody. such a devastating shock that her whole life, what she could achieve, never came to fulfillment, and i just say she's with the angels, and that's about all i can say to

you folks. >> police say there were previous allegations of trouble in the home.

his agent tells cnn pistorius rejects the murder accusations in the strongest terms. oscar pistorius isn't talking tonight. but last year, he did sit down with piers. and the conversation was revealing. as you'll see, very surprising. here's piers' interview with the athlete, now accused of murder. >> oscar pistorius is the one and only blade runner.

a world champion sprinter, double amputee, a paralympian and olympian who continues to shatter records as we saw in london this summer. welcome. >> thank you very much. >> how does it feel to be an inspiration for literally people who are disabled the entire world over? >> i think it's a massive blessing. i have been very privileged to be given a talent and over the last seven or eight years i have worked hard on working on it and making sure i can be the best athlete i can be, and obviously

being an international sportsman is a lot of responsibility that comes with it. you have to remember there are kids who look up to you, is definitely something you have to keep at the back of your mind. >> what somebody said to me, the amazing thing you have done, oscar, for all those kids who have lost a leg, two legs, the amputation they have suffered. in the old days, they were so stigmatized, they were picked on at school, they feel different. what you have done is make it cool to be an amputee, which may not be your intention, but they all want to be like oscar now. >> i grew up in a family where a disability was never an issue. we really didn't speak about my disability, not because it was a topic that was taboo or we thought was a stereotype, but it was just never an issue. that's the mentality i have had. so if i see a child and he's staring at my prosthetic legs, often, the parent turns the kid away. with that, the child thinks this is something we don't talk about and they develop a mentality of kind of shying away from disability and not being educated about it. and i think that's what created the difficulty in society, so i'll go up to the kid and say, look, my name is oscar and i have these cool prosthetic legs, i tell an interesting story like the shark bit them off. if the mother is good looking i'll tell them it's because i didn't eat my vegetables, get brownie points. but ultimately, i tell them i don't have legs and i lve around your first anniversary, your first year, you had a double amputation. as you say, your family just basically ignored it. you started playing sport and everything from an early age, which is crucial to the development, and i guess the confidence you would have when

you're young. what is that moment when a man with no legs decides, i know what i'm going to do? i'm going to be a sprinter. the reason i ask you, i interviewed the armless archer from the american paralympian team. who was incredible as well. watching him do his stuff in here is like watching you run. of all the things to choose, why that? >> i actually met him at the paralympics and i watched your insert with him, and i had a long chat with him. you know, sports have always been a big part of my life. we grew up in south africa where most kids really enjoy the outdoors. i was never much of an academic at school, so i had to find something where -- which i enjoyed. and i started sports, and from a very young age, my mother said sports are not about being the best but about giving your best. you might make the second or third team, but losing isn't the person that doesn't get involved. losing isn't the one that gets involved and comes in last. it's the person who doesn't get involved in the first place. for us, that was very important. there are a lot of athletes at the paralympics who have certain amounts of disabilities, and when you initially approach them, you would think they wouldn't be able to do a lot of the things they can. but after watching this sport, you forget about their

disability and you are just blown away by their sheer determination and the hard core element of the sports. it's inspirational, some of the er witnes >> what did she say to you? >> she was just crying. she had a little flag. she was just supper huffed. just to see them, i knew everything was going to be amazing, and i gave them my best, and i an my second fastest race ever that day in the 400 meter, so that was very special, just knowing all the hard work, not only for myself, but i have a great team behind me. great coaches and professional staff. so all our work over the last four or five years had paid off, and seeing my grandmother and my family there really made it worthwhile. up next, more of piers' revealing interview with oscar pistorius and his ambitious plans for the olympics in rio, which are now, of course, on hold your face has to face. face it with puffs facial tissues. puffs has air-fluffed pillows for 40% more cushiony thickness. face every day with puffs softness. gives you 1% cash back on all purchases, plus a 50% annual bonus. and everyone likes 50% more... [ midwestern/chicago accent ] cheddar! yeah! 50 percent more [yodeling] yodel-ay-ee-oo. 50% more flash. [ southern accent ] 50 percent more taters. that's where tots come from. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card gives you 1% cash back on every purchase plus a 50% annual bonus on the cash you earn.

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convicted of murdering his girlfriend. but the blade runner insists that he is nentd.

he talked to piers last year about his life from his childhood to his future. here's more of piers' interview. >> i spoke to michael johnson in london. and he wasn't overly impressed with you. >> in order to be totally on the objective about the situation, which is all about at the end of the day -- it's not about oscar, it's about fair competition. and when you're talking about fair competition, you have to take personalities and people out of it and just look at the rules. and if an athlete gets an advantage over another athlete, it's unfair. >> i pointed out to him, look,

mate, the guy has no legs. but when you see a great guy like him, a tremendous athlete, does he have a point? do you understand that argument? >> i'm actually really good friends with michael. and i've had many long discussions. he's definitely one of the guys i look up to. and i understand his points. i've sent him the case study that i was involved in. i understand his point exactly. he's saying that there needs to be fairness in sports and i agree with that. i've always been a very big kind of advocate for fair play. when it comes to the prosthetic legs that i use, they've been made since 1996 and they've made over 30,000 pairs.

and just from a practical point of view, there have been never been any amputee athletes that have come close to running the times i've run them. i made myself available for testing through some of the sciences at m.i.t. back in 2008 and we took it to the courts of

arbitration for sports. and the courts of arbitration for sports' ruling process is what michael is talking about. i understand where he's coming from. they ruled in my favor and we proved the tests done were sufficient and the outcome was the tiptop of tests they did and equates to the outcome of their tests.

>> basically you're in the right and he's in the wrong? that's the long portion -- no, you seem such a lovely guy, you're polite, charming. you're the poster boy now for running around the world. and yet there was a little moment, a little flash in the paralympics when you lost in the 400 to this brazilian wonder guy. >> it was the 200. >> and he had longer blades than you. and afterwards in the interview, you went absolutely tom-toe saying the same thing about him that michael johnson said about you. >> i agree. it wasn't maybe the right time. i think i'm still learning and i'm surely to learn more lessons throughout my life. we all make mistakes. >> what do you think now about that debate? clearly it's not going to go away. you've had time to calm down and reflect on it. what do you think? >> it's definitely a debate that needed to be brought up. i had done so. it's been taken up now by the national paralympic committee. there was a regulation that allowed the double amputees to make their legs exceptionally longer. i didn't do it. and it wasn't the right time to take it up. even now, i've given it off to my national paralympic committee to deal with. i think he is a tremendous athlete. and i think -- it was the first 200 meter race i ever lost in a paralympic -- >> one of those days. hopefully i won't have another one of those. but ultimately i think we all have them in life va noen tm in >> we'll be right back. ♪

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